reet
/ɹiːt/adjective, adverb
reet is an adjective meaning “right” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-E-T, and it appears about once in every 9 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does reet mean?
adjective
- 1
right
adverb
- 1
right
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce reet?
- UK /ɹiːt/
- UK /ɹeːt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of reet
- mair reet comparative
- maist reet superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is reet?
Reet appears about once in every 9 million words in written English, the 88,353rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does reet come from?
From eye dialectal spelling of right.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).